David Magnasco, the executive chef at the Milwaukee Club, is planning an event space at 500 S. 3rd St. called the Chef's Table that also will be open to the public once a month for multicourse dinners.

The 100-year-old brick building will house the restaurant on the first floor, and the second floor will be home to Magnasco and his wife, Julia, executive director of First Stage children's theater, and their 3-year-old daughter, Maddalena. | April 29, 2013»Read Full Blog Post(2)

Fellas, are you striking out in the ladies' department? Then take a few tips from the John Legend playbook, as displayed at the R&B star's capacity Riverside Theater show Monday night.

When you take off your blazer (or, if one's not in your possession, your Packers jacket), pacing is key. Slip it off the left arm...sloowwwwly. Pop that shoulder. Take a pause (one Mississippi, two Mississippi), then smoothly slide it all off. | Nov. 19, 2013»Read Full Article(3)

New York — Thirty-odd years ago, Mark Rylance was a University School of Milwaukee high school student performing as Hamlet under director Dale Gutzman, whom Rylance continues to credit for kindling a love of Shakespeare and theater.

Cut to the present, in which the London-based Rylance is taking Broadway by storm — in repertory performances at the Belasco Theatre as Olivia in "Twelfth Night" and the title role in "Richard III" — that could add a third Tony to his trophy case. Having recently caught both performances, it's easy to see why. | Nov. 18, 2013»Read Full Article

The weeks on top keep rolling on for Lorde, as the New Zealand pop phenom now has the second-longest reigning Billboard Hot 100 chart topper of the year. Watch the video for her big hit and find out who might knock her from the peak below. Then jump back in time to see which hits were at number one this week in 2001, 1991, 1981 and 1971.

The macabre, Australian alt-rock act will be at the Milwaukee Theatre, 500 W. Kilbourn Ave., on June 20, about 16 months after the release of the band's latest critically acclaimed album, "Push the Sky Away." It's the first time the Seeds have headlined in Milwaukee, said the show's promoter, Shank Hall owner Peter Jest. | Nov. 18, 2013»Read Full Article(1)

Following Broadway's opening night performance of "Fiddler on the Roof," an old man who had fled a Russian shtetl — later abandoning his religion and Americanizing his name — came backstage to see his son, the show's director and choreographer. Throwing his arms around Jerome Robbins and weeping, he asked, "How did you know all that?"

One might put the same question to Alisa Solomon, author of the glorious "Wonder of Wonders: A Cultural History of 'Fiddler on the Roof.'" | Nov. 18, 2013»Read Full Article(1)